Figure 1.

Exposure to live bacteria promotes EBV reactivation. AGS‐Bx1 cells were infected with Aa (a) or Pg (b) at the indicated MOI for 48 hr. EBV reactivation was assessed by probing Western blots with the indicated antibodies to lytic viral antigens. β‐actin was used as loading control. Representative Western blot illustrating the expression of viral proteins (upper panels) and the relative expression of BZLF1 calculated as the ratio between the intensity of the specific band in infected versus TPA/Bu treated cells in three independent experiments (lower panels) are shown. Nd, not done, due to low recovery of viable cells.